The Mutable Self
Subtitle: A self-concept for social change
By: Louis A. Zurcher, Jr. ; foreword by Ralph H. Turner.
Series: Sage library of social research ; v. 59
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Beverly Hills, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Self.; Social change.
Genres: social sciences
First sentence: "This is a book about self-concept and social change. I argue that the acceleration of socio-cultural change in American society can encourage in some individuals the evolution of a Mutable Self, and I labor to define and illustrate what is meant by that term."
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword by Ralph H. Turner / Preface / Introduction; title: An Exploratory Study: An Unanticipated Finding; title: A Trip Through Literature; title: The Uncertainty of Certainty--The Inconsistency of Consistency; title: The Mutable Self; title: The Future of Belonging to the Future